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. WINDOW CURTAIN 003 103. I No. 260,439... Patented July 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HANS H. WINGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO OTTO MEYER, OF

' SAME PLACE. I

WINDOW-CURTAIN CORNICE..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,439, dated July 4,1882,

Application filed October 5, 1880. Renewed December 10, 1881. (Nomodel.) 7

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HANS H. VVINGER, ofChicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Window-Curtain (lornices; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which formpart of this specification.

My invention relates to adjustable windowcurtain cornices adapted to fitwindows of various sizes; and it consists in the peculiar construction,arrangen1ent,,and combination of the devices employed by me, as fullyhereinafter explained.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective front view of thecornice. Fig. 2 represents a perspective rear view of the same, and Fig.3 is a transverse vertical section through the cornice at its junctionwith the corner piece.

Like letters in the several figures of the drawings designate likeparts.

A is the cornice-molding, to the inward face of which the curtain is tobe attached, and B B are two projecting corner boxes, which are composedeach of three pieces, I) c d, of same pattern-molding as the middlepiece, A, and which are mitered together to imitate the shape of theletter L. The end of piece I) of each corner piece abuts square againstthe face of the molding A, and is shaped to form a close jointtherewith, while the piece 0 runs parallel with said molding A, andpiece 11 runs transversely over the end of the same. A plate, E, bymeans of a block,f, with its end, is rigidly secured to the inward faceof piece 61 of each corner box, so as to be parallel with piece a of thesame, and to overlap the rear face of molding A, to which it isadjustably secured by two wood-screws, g 9, passed through slot h ofplate E, so as to longitudinally slide therein in a manner that saidcornice can be contracted or extended in length to suit the width ofdifferent sizes of window-frames by exposing more or less of molding A.

A square block, i, having chamfered edges, is secured under each cornerbox, for closing the same from below, which adds to the ornamentation ofthe cornice.

The inward face of piece (I of each corner box, B, has a round socket,j, which is bound on its edges by an iron staple, and intended forsuspending the cornice to the windowframe over iron hooks or studsprojecting from 5 5 the ends thereof, by contracting the cornice whileholding the same to the window-frame in position to engage with the saidhooks or pins.

As will be readily understood from the above description, thiscurtain-cornice is not only adapted to difierent widths of window-frameswithout exteriorly exposing any joints, but it is durable and ornamentalas well, and for hanging the curtain it is quickly and easily detachedfrom or suspended to the windowframe.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In combination with the molding A,the corner boxes, B, each composed of pieces I) 0 d, and a slottedplate, E, which latter are connected to molding A by screws 9 g, so asto longitudinally slide thereon, substantially in the manner and for thepurpose described and shown.

2. The adjustable window-curtain cornice described, consisting of themolding A, the corner boxes, B, projecting over the face of the molding,and provided with bottom blocks, 2', and metal sockets j, and theslotted plate E 80 and screws g, for adj ustably securing the boxes tothe molding, constructed and arranged substantially as set forth andshown.

HANS H. WINGER.

Witnesses:

F. W. KASEHAGEN, OLIVER W. 1\/IARBLE.

